Two years ago, Sam Schmids close encounter with death was called a Christmas miracle. As he lay in a coma after sustaining massive brain injuries in a car crash, doctors were discussing organ donation with his parents and ready to take him off life support. Schmid astounded those at his hospital bedside who thought he was brain dead, raising two fingers to signal he still had life left in him. But at the time, no one knew if the Tucson, Ariz., college student would ever return to his studies -- or even walk or talk again. His mother, Susan Regan, who is vice president of the insurance company Lovitt-Touche, and a devout Roman Catholic, called his astounding recovery, “a modern-day … Christmas miracle.” “I have friends who are atheists who have called me and said, I am going back to church,’” said the now 61-year-old. Read More: abcnews.go/Health/arizona-college-student-bounces-back-dead/story?id=23732120
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 04:04:24 +0000